Talks and Publications

(forthcoming, under revision) We have our own Africans: Public Displays of Zar in Iran

2017

'Slavery in Iran: new approaches in research'. Talk at International conference on African slave trade and slavery across the Sahara, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. Katsina/Nigeria.

'All spirits are gay - whispered anecdotes on homosexuality in spirit possession contexts in Zanzibar and Iran'. Talk at Performance and representation in language: the Other's Other. Cologne/Germany.

'Connectivity in motion: spirit possession in Zanzibar and Southern Iran' Talk at Zar and possession rituals: A Comparatove View. Historical, Ethnographical and Social Aspects. Bochum/Germany.

2016

'We have our own Africans: Public displays of Zar in Iran'. Talk at Linguistic entanglements, emblematic codes and languaging in tourism. Cologne/Germany.